The consistory and social discipline in Calvin's Geneva /

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Examines the most successful institution of social discipline in Reformation Europe: the Consistory of Geneva during the time of John Calvin.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watt, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Rodgers), 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Series:Changing perspectives on early modern Europe.
Subjects:
Eglise nationale protestante de Genève > History.
Eglise nationale protestante de Genève. > Consistoire de Genève.
Eglise nationale protestante de Genève
1500-1599
Reformed Church > Switzerland > Geneva > Discipline > History.
Reformation > Switzerland > Geneva.
Ecclesiastical courts > Switzerland > Geneva > History.
Église réformée > Suisse > Genève > Discipline > Histoire.
Réforme (Christianisme) > Suisse > Genève.
Tribunaux ecclésiastiques > Suisse > Genève > Histoire.
Ecclesiastical courts
Reformation
Reformed Church > Discipline
Geneva (Switzerland) > Church history > 16th century.
Switzerland > Geneva
history of religion
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and Illustr ation
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Consistory Encounters Resistance
  • Chapter 2: The Push for Religious Uniformity
  • Chapter 3: Educating and Disciplining the Young
  • Chapter 4: Controlling Lust and Regulating Marriage
  • Chapter 5: Superstitions, Magic, and Witchcraft
  • Chapter 6: Promoting the Industrious and Sober Lifestyle
  • Chapter 7: Con icts, Reconciliation, and the Confession of Sins
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliogr aphy
  • Index.

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